mil5.2.7:1.1 “Bhante nāgasena, bhāsitampetaṁ bhagavatā—
mil5.2.7:1.2 ‘tathāgatassa kho, ānanda, na evaṁ hoti “ahaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharissāmī”ti vā, “mamuddesiko bhikkhusaṅgho”ti vā’ti.
mil5.2.7:1.3 Puna ca metteyyassa bhagavato sabhāvaguṇaṁ paridīpayamānena bhagavatā evaṁ bhaṇitaṁ—
mil5.2.7:1.4 ‘so anekasahassaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharissati, seyyathāpi ahaṁ etarahi anekasataṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharāmī’ti.
mil5.2.7:1.5 Yadi, bhante nāgasena, bhagavatā bhaṇitaṁ—
mil5.2.7:1.6 ‘tathāgatassa kho, ānanda, na evaṁ hoti “ahaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharissāmī”ti vā, “mamuddesiko bhikkhusaṅgho”ti vā’ti, tena hi anekasataṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharāmīti yaṁ vacanaṁ, taṁ micchā.
mil5.2.7:1.7 Yadi tathāgatena bhaṇitaṁ—
mil5.2.7:1.8 ‘so anekasahassaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharissati, seyyathāpi ahaṁ etarahi anekasataṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharāmī’ti, tena hi ‘tathāgatassa kho, ānanda, na evaṁ hoti “ahaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ pariharissāmī”ti vā, “mamuddesiko bhikkhusaṅgho”ti vā’ti tampi vacanaṁ micchā, ayampi ubhato koṭiko pañho tavānuppatto, so tayā nibbāhitabbo”ti.